Page 68 of When We Fall: Part One

“You used to say that when summer ended.” She looked back at me and gave me a watery smile. “When I’d ask if you thought the new school year would be good. You’d say that.”

I smiled back at her. “Was I wrong?”

“No. I spent many years living the worst without you. I never want to do that again.”

I took her hand in mine and closed my eyes, hating that I knew I was going to leave her. To save her, I had to go. If Enzo wouldn’t listen, then this was how it would have to be. I pressed my lips to her knuckles and exhaled.

“Foxy?”

“Rosie?”

“Tell me I won’t have to live without you.”

I opened my eyes and stared into her green ones.

“I can’t promise you that, but whatever happens, I’ll always be in your heart, and you’ll be in mine.”

A fresh wave of tears streaked down her cheeks at my words. I held my own back, not wanting to make it worse for her.

“If I’m gone, just whisper to the wind. It’ll get the message to me, baby.”

“Don’t say those things?—”

“I love you.” I cut her off with a kiss. She fell into it quickly, her tongue lashing along mine as I deepened it. I let my hand trail to her bare thigh, desperate to bury myself inside her and get lost forever.

“I want you,” she said between frantic kisses.

“You have me,” I answered back.

She let out a soft moan as I worked my way beneath her panties and rubbed her clit with my finger. The way she’d get so wet made me nuts with want.

“Let’s go inside so I can show you just how much you own me,” I said, rubbing her clit faster. She bucked beneath me, her chest heaving, before she came with a cry against my lips.

“There you go, baby.” I slowed my kisses to a stop, both of us breathing hard. “Let’s go inside so I can make you feel good. Then we can talk more.”

“OK,” she said thickly.

I withdrew my hand and licked my fingers, relishing in all that was her. She bit her bottom lip at the motion, making me swallow down a groan. Quickly, I got out and went to her side, then helped her out before I grabbed her bag and slung it over my shoulder.

With my arm around her waist, I led her inside and to my room.

The second the door was closed, I had her pressed against the wall, the bag at my feet, and my tongue back in her mouth.

She let out a gasp when I hefted her up. She wrapped her legs around my waist, and I wasted no time shoving her panties aside and releasing my cock so I could push it deep inside her tight pussy.

She moaned against my lips as I bottomed out in her, her fingers tangled in my hair as I fucked her against the wall. I wasn’t as gentle as usual, but I was desperate to have all of her at that moment.

It took me all of a few minutes to get her pussy clenching around my cock and soaking my groin with her hot release, her cries against my lips as she trembled around me.

With ease, I carried her to the bed, where I plowed deeper into her, somehow managing to remove both our clothes in the process.

She cried out, coming again, her chest heaving.

I couldn’t handle it. I emptied my cock into her heat, filling her. I shuddered against her body amid my groan before I balanced myself over her, feeling sated.

“You’re beautiful,” I said, staring into her brilliant green eyes.

“You’re beautiful,” she answered back.